# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frederick-w-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:25:19.628Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frederick-w-smith"
name: "Frederick W. Smith"
slug: "frederick-w-smith"
description: "Frederick Wallace Smith was an American business magnate and investor. He was the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world's largest express transportation company. Smith stepped down as CEO in June 2022 and was succeeded by Raj Subramaniam. Considered one of the most successful transportation entrepreneurs in the world, Smith had an estimated net worth of $5.3 billion at the time of his death according to Forbes."
tagline: "American business magnate, founder of FedEx (1944–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DHS_Secretary_Kristi_Noem_Meets_with_FedEx_(54427415512)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "founders"
profileType:
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  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1944-08-11"
deathDate: "2025-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.03
  momentum:             0.660326814894187
  historical:           13.90638133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 110
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808242/"
    handle:    "nm0808242"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump